(A) (1) It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle which is not bearing registration plates or decals issued to a person with disabilities, as defined by ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § 1-159.1, pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 §§ 3-616 or 11-1301.2, or to a disabled veteran pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 §§ 3-609 or 3-609.01 of this act, as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled veteran, in any parking place, including any private or public off-street parking facility, specifically reserved, by the posting of an official sign as designated under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § 11-301, for motor vehicles bearing such registration plates. Disability license plates and parking decals and devices are not transferable from person to person. Proper usage of the disability license plate or parking decal or device requires the authorized holder to be present and enter or exit the vehicle at the time the parking privileges are being used. It is a violation of this section to park in a space reserved for a person with disabilities if the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device does not enter or exit the vehicle at the time the parking privileges are being used. Any motor vehicle bearing a disability license plate or disability parking decal or device containing the international symbol of access issued to persons with disabilities by any local authority, state, district, territory, or foreign country shall be recognized by the village as having a valid license plate or device and receive the same parking privileges as residents of the state or village.
(2) An individual with a vehicle bearing disability license plates or a parking decal or device issued to a qualified person with a disability under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 3-616, 11-1301.2, or to a disabled veteran under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 3-609 or 3-609.01 is in violation of this section if the person using the disability license plate or parking decal or device is not the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device or is not transporting the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device to or from the parking location, and the person uses the disability license plate or parking decal or device to exercise any privileges granted through the disability license plate or parking decals or devices under this code.
(3) It shall not be a defense to a charge under this section that either the sign posted pursuant to this section of the intended accessible parking place does not comply with the technical requirements of ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § 11-301, Illinois Department of Transportation regulations, or regulations of the village, of a reasonable person would be made aware by the sign or notice on or near the parking place that the place is reserved for a person with disabilities.
(B) Any person or local authority owning or operating any public or private off- street parking facility may, after notifying the Police Department, remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle parked within a stall or space reserved for use by persons with disabilities which does not display registration plates for a person with disabilities, or a special decal or device as required under this section.
(C) Local authorities shall impose fines as established in § 73.99(C) for vehicles parked in spaces for persons with disabilities that do not display the registration plates pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § or a special decal or device pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § 11-1301.2.
(D) As used in this section, “AUTHORIZED HOLDER” means an individual issued a disability license plate under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 3-616, an individual issued a parking decal or device under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1301.2, or an individual issued a disabled veteran’s license plate under ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 3-609 or 3-609.01.
(Am. Ord. 2006-O-020, passed 4-25-06) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory reference:
For provisions concerning similar state law, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § 11-1301.3